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Macromedia Flash MX ActionScripting: Advanced Training from the Source

69 reviews
Derek Franklin, Jobe Makar

Macromedia Press, 2002

Learning Action Script? - Buy this book, it is the best.
If you're looking for a straightforward way to learn Action Script, you must get this book. It includes excellent examples in a hands-on, project-based learning environment. It really demystifies a lot about scripting in Flash. I've bought several books dealing with Flash MX, and this is definitely the best one I've ever read.

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Training from the Source

15 reviews
Khristine Annwn Page

Macromedia Press, 2006

A good book to have...
As a newbie in web publishing (I've been in print for 16 years) I have yet to find a book or forum that is 100% beneficial. The forums are mediated by experienced web designers who speak their language and not the language of the beginner. Somewhere, someone (and I'd be glad to do it with proper backing) needs to write a book that says, 'Want to do (one simple function)? Use these commands. ...

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Recipes

3 reviews
Joseph Lowery, Eric Ott

Macromedia Press, 2005

More than I ever bargained for!
I am a professional Website developer, and have been using Dreamweaver since its inception, and using PHP as long as I can remember. I chanced on this book, Dreamweaver 8 Recipes, via [...], and decided to add it to my library. Well, I have learned more from this book, regarding BOTH Dreamweaver and PHP, than from all the ten or so books on my shelf on the same topics. Joseph Lowry and Eric ...

Fireworks 4 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

14 reviews
Sandee Cohen

Macromedia Press, 2001

Wonderful start
I wanted to learn Fireworks quickly so I purchased this book. It was much more than expected. I didn't expect a beginners book or a quick start book to teach everything. But this book was succinct and to the point. I was able to get a grasp quickly and move on to a design type book which emphasized the creative aspects of Fireworks in more detatil. Hand in Hand with the Fireworks 4 f/x and Design ...

Certified Macromedia ColdFusion MX Developer Study Guide

7 reviews
Ben Forta

Macromedia Press, 2003

As good as the first certification book.
This book does a good job of giving you information on every possible topic of the certification exam. I used the original study guide to take and pass the first exam. This book includes just about everything in the first book, and goes into topics that are relaevent for MX (i.e. CFCs, XML, Flash intergration, etc.). If you want answers in a few pages vs. a few chapters, then buy this book.

Generator and Flash Demystified

7 reviews
Phillip Torrone, Chris Wiggins, ...

Macromedia Press, 2001

Excellent Resource
This book is a must-have resource for anyone interested in working with Generator. Mike, Phillip, and Chris not only know their stuff, but they did a great job at sharing their knowledge in a way that even a novice can understand. They are able to share their real-world experience, and make using Generator just a little (maybe even a lot?) more palatable for the average Flash user.

The Official Guide to Authorware 4: The Comprehensive Reference from the Multimedia Labs of Macromedia ...

5 reviews
Nick Roberts

Macromedia Press, 1997

My favorite of three books on Authorware.
There seem to be three types of books in circulation about Authorware. There is of course the User's Guide that comes with the product -- a good reference. Then there are tutorials, like "Authorware 5 Authorized" by Kellogg -- a good beginner's step by step how-to. But the best type of book (for me anyway) has been the "show & tell & try approach" type of book, like Nick Roberts' excellent ...

Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Web Application Construction Kit

22 reviews
Ben Forta, Raymond Camden, ...

Macromedia Press, 2005

Fantastic, just fantastic!!
I am a beginning CS student and even though I don't have too much experience programing this book teaches CF in such a simple and easy way. Don't let the simplicity fool you though, though CF is simple, it's also very powerful.

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Dynamic Applications: Advanced Training from the Source

13 reviews
Jeffrey Bardzell

Macromedia Press, 2003

This is the book to learn Dynamic Apps!
I bought this book a couple of years ago and it's been quietly residing on my bookshelf. I am developing a new dynamic web site so it was time to take the book off the shelf, dust it off, and dive into it, even though I thought that some of the information in the book would be out of date (I recently upgraded to DW 8). To my surprise, nothing was out of date. All of the screenshots were the same ...

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004: Training from the Source (3rd Edition) (Training from the Source)

29 reviews
Khristine Annwn Page

Macromedia Press, 2003

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Review
This book was used as a textbook for an IVTech class. It was extremely helpful for an initial exposure to web page development. The chapters are based on the tutorial on the included CD. The bold items in the text allow you to skim through assignments quickly. There is also quite a bit of very helpful detail and background information included. This book is very good to "handhold" a reader ...

Director 8 Demystified

12 reviews
Phil Gross, Jason Roberts

Macromedia Press, 2000

The Search is Over ....
Of all the applications I've self-taught, Macromedia Director has got to be the toughest one to find a concise tutorial publication for. I tried the Visual Quickstart, which is just that: program features in depth, with no practical exercises. I tried Training from the Source, which focussed mostly on the 3D capabilities, only slightly skimming the rest of this massive program's productivity ...

Macromedia Flash MX Creative Web Animation and Interactivity

6 reviews
Derek Franklin

Macromedia Press, 2002

Good Book For Beginners
This book is a good book for those of you who are just starting out with Flash or Upgrading to Flash MX. It is a good starter and dives a little bit into ActionScript. Goes good with ActionScript by Derek Franklin.

Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Application Development (Visual Quickstart Guides)

6 reviews
Ben Forta, et al

Macromedia Press, 2005

Very advanced book
This book is oriented to developers with Coldfusion, XML, and Javascript experience. It addresses points that are not easy to find in usual developer books.

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004: Training from the Source

10 reviews
Patti Schulze

Macromedia Press, 2003

Great beginners book
Step-by-step, easy to follow instructios, with clear pictures and diagrams to indicate where to find the tools they want you to use. The projects in this book teach the basics in ways that users will be able to put to immediate use for their own projects. I found it especially useful since I have no training at all with any graphics programs, this book really helped me understand what tools were ...

Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Demystified

8 reviews
Shawn Pucknell, Brian Hogg, ...

Macromedia Press, 2004

Flash goodness is directly proportional to it's heaviness!
All readers will appreciate this clearly written, very detailed book on the latest version of flash. Great for those wanting to learn more about Flash's programming and backend capabilities. Especially handy were the sections on external data, skinning components and 3D. Definitely a resource worth having!

Macromedia MX: Building Rich Internet Applications

10 reviews
Robert Reinhardt, Simon Allardice

Macromedia Press, 2003

Leading Edge Solutions Linking Flash with Databases & More!
This is a really interesting book. I am a long time Flash developer (since Flash 4) looking to expand my knowledge into areas such as integrating databases with Flash front-ends, learning more about the new Flash Comm Server, and incorporating Cold Fusion into my designs (I am also an intermediate ActionScript programmer). Well, this is the book to do it. Flash Remoting, Flash Comm Server, Cold ...

Macromedia Director MX and Lingo: Training from the Source

7 reviews
Phil Gross

Macromedia Press, 2003

ok lets be serious
Okay i cant lie, this book helped me out during my noob years while learning Director. Its not for the hardcore users that already have a great and powerful background. If your new to director mx then this is for you no questions ask. It teachs all the basic stuff that you will need to understand how director works.

Cymatics: A Study of Wave Phenomena & Vibration

6 reviews
Hans Jenny

Macromedia Press, 2001

a wonderful book.
Dr. Jenny was a thorough and detailed researcher and it shows in this book. Not meant to be a study in fluid dynamic or wave propagation physics though, if you're looking for that, try the "Album of Fluid Motion" by Milton Van Dyke. This book's beautifully photographed matter trasformations through sound and Van Dykes explainations would be a wonderful pairing.

Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex

10 reviews
Steven Webster, Alistair McLeod

Macromedia Press, 2004

Separating concerns
Flex 2.0 has been released, but I still find this book (Flex 1.0) an invaluable resource in developing rich client applications. There's a quick 30 page intro to Flex, and then the fun starts. You start at the Presentation tier, working your way through to the Business tier and then finally to the Integration tier of rich internet applications. This is best practice in motion. [...]

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Demystified

7 reviews
Laura Gutman

Macromedia Press, 2003

Very Thorough
I normally use the visual quickstart guide for teaching but for unexplicable reasons, the VQS guide wasn't out when I needed to teach so I turned to demystified. I found it very easy to use and greatly appreciated the examples. I even tought myself a topic I've been meaning to learn for a couple of years. This book made it so easy, I'm not sure why I waited so long!

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